The Devonshire Manuscript/Go burnynge siths vnto the frosen hert

f. [61r] f. [61v]

1    Go burnynge siths vnto the frosen hert 2    go brek the Ise with {w+t+} piteus paynfull dart 3    myght newir perse / and yf mortall praier 4    in hewyn may be hard / at lest I desire 5    that deth or mercy / be end of my smart 6    Take with {w+t+} you pain wherof I haue my part 7    and eke the flame / from whiche I cannot start 8    and leve me then in rest / I you require 9    go burnynge siths 10    I must go worke I se / by crafft and art 11    for trouth and faith in her is layd a par {p1} te 12    alas I cannot therfor assaile her 13    with {w+t+} pitefull playnt and skaldyng fyer 14    that owte of my brest / doth straynably start 15    go burnynge siths

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H7. The speaker in the poem asks that his sighs break his lover’s icy heart. Although Wyatt's poem is partially a translation of Petrarch's Rime 153, Rebholz notes that Wyatt only translates the first quatrain almost verbatim and departs from Petrarch's sonnet structure by transforming the poem's form into a rondeau. Alternatively, Wyatt may have imitated an unknown French rondeau that was based on Petrarch's Rime 153. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer sendeth sighes to mone his sute.” Unlike the rondeau found in the Devonshire Manuscript, the version in Tottel's Miscellany changes the poem to a sonnet structure by expanding the refrain and omitting the last refrain.

Texts Collated
LEge11, STC13860_08

Collation
1     Go] Goo LEge11 GO STC_13860_08     burnynge] burnyng LEge11 burning STC_13860_08     siths] sighes LEge11 STC_13860_08     vnto] Vnto LEge11     hert] hart, STC_13860_08 2     go] goo LEge11 Go STC_13860_08     brek] breke LEge11 breake STC_13860_08     Ise] yse STC_13860_08     with] withwhiche LEge11 which STC_13860_08     piteus] pites LEge11 pities STC_13860_08     paynfull] painfull STC_13860_08     dart] dert LEge11 dart, STC_13860_08 3     myght] Myght STC_13860_08     newir] never LEge11 neuer STC_13860_08     perse /] perse LEge11 perce STC_13860_08     yf] if LEge11     mortall] that mortall STC_13860_08     praier] prayer LEge11 prayer, STC_13860_08 4     in hewyn may] In heauen STC_13860_08     hewyn] hevyn LEge11     hard /] herd LEge11 herd, STC_13860_08     I] yet I STC_13860_08     desire] desir LEge11 desire. STC_13860_08 5     that] That STC_13860_08     deth] death STC_13860_08     mercy /] mercy LEge11 STC_13860_08     be end of] be ende of LEge11 end STC_13860_08     smart] smert LEge11 wofull smart. STC_13860_08 6     you] the LEge11 thee STC_13860_08     pain] payn LEge11 payn, STC_13860_08     haue] have LEge11     part] part, STC_13860_08 7     and] And STC_13860_08     flame /] flame LEge11 STC_13860_08     whiche] which LEge11 STC_13860_08     start] stert LEge11 start, STC_13860_08 8     and leve] And leaue STC_13860_08     rest /] rest LEge11 rest, STC_13860_08     now] you LEge11 STC_13860_08     require] require: STC_13860_08 9     go] Goo LEge11 Go STC_13860_08     burnynge] burning LEge11 STC_13860_08     siths] sighes LEge11 sighes fulfil that I desire. STC_13860_08 10     go] goo LEge11     se /] se LEge11 see STC_13860_08     crafft] craft LEge11 STC_13860_08     and] &amp; LEge11     art] art, STC_13860_08 11     for] For STC_13860_08     trouth] trueth LEge11 truth STC_13860_08     and] &amp; LEge11     layd] laide LEge11 laid STC_13860_08     a parte] apart LEge11 apart: STC_13860_08 12     alas] Alas LEge11 Alas, STC_13860_08     cannot] can not STC_13860_08     therfor] therefor LEge11 therfore STC_13860_08     assaile] assaill LEge11     her] her, STC_13860_08 13     with] With STC_13860_08     playnt] plaint LEge11 complaint STC_13860_08     and] &amp; LEge11     skaldyng] scalding LEge11 STC_13860_08     fyer] fier, STC_13860_08 14     that] That STC_13860_08     owte of] oute of LEge11 from STC_13860_08     brest /] brest LEge11 brest disceiuably STC_13860_08     doth] doeth LEge11     straynably]  STC_13860_08     start] stert LEge11 start. STC_13860_08 15     go burnynge siths] Goo burning sighes LEge11  STC_13860_08